The following quiz will have 20 General Studies Multiple Chose Questions for West Bengal Civil Service preliminary exam and also helpful other competitive exams like State PSC (BPSC, JPSC, MPSC, OPSC, RPSC, PPSC, UPPSC etc.) exams, UPSC (CDS and NDA), Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) exams, Staff Selection Commission exams (CGL, CHSL and MTS) and other competitive exams.
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1. Which one of the following is the biggest Harappan site discovered in India?
[B] Dholavira
[C] Rakhigarhi
[D] Rangpur
Correct Answer: [C] Rakhigarhi
Explanation: The discovery of two more mounds in 2014 at the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi in Hisar district, Haryana, has led to archaeologists establishing it as the biggest Harappan civilisation site.
[B] Mesolithic
[C] Neolithic
[D] Chalcolithic
Correct Answer: [B] Mesolithic
Explanation: Microliths were most commonly found in Mesolithic era.
[B] Dockyard
[C] Temple like structure
[D] Great bath
Correct Answer: [D] Great bath
Explanation: The most famous building found at Mohenjo-Daro is a great bath. It is a 6×12 meter specimen of beautiful brick work.
[B] Vidata
[C] Sabha
[D] Samiti
Correct Answer: [C] Sabha
Explanation: The Sabha is called Narishta which meant a ‘resolution of many’ that cannot be broken. It performed the executive functions. In the later Vedic period it lost its importance due to the rise of royal power.
[B] Food gathering practice
[C] Varna system
[D] Tribal polity
Correct Answer: [A] Caste system
Explanation: The main characteristic of the later Vedic age was evolution of caste system.
[B] Enlightenment
[C] First sermon
[D] Death
Correct Answer: [A] Birth
Explanation: Rummindei pillar of Asoka is put up to mark Buddha’s Birth.
[B] Varahamihira
[C] Bhaskara
[D] Unknown Indian
Correct Answer: [D] Unknown Indian
Explanation: The most fundamental contribution of ancient India to the progress of civilisation is the decimal system of numeration including the invention of the number zero. This system uses 9 digits and a symbol for zero to denote all integral numbers, by assigning a place value to the digits. This system was used in Vedas and Valmiki Ramayana. Mohanjodaro and Harappa civilisations (3000 B.C.) also used this system. So,we can say Zero is invented by unknown Indian.
[B] Agriculture Labors
[C] Sudras
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [A] Brahmanas
Explanation: Brahmanas classes did not give support to Buddhism and Jainism.
[B] Generator
[C] Moving coil meter
[D] Battery
Correct Answer: [D] Battery
Explanation: A battery is a device that is able to store electrical energy in the form of chemical energy, and convert that energy into electrical energy.
[B] Parsec – Unit of time
[C] Decibel – Unit of sound intensity
[D] Hertz – Unit of frequency
Correct Answer: [B] Parsec – Unit of time
Explanation: Parsec, unit for expressing astronomical distance that is equal to 3.26 light-years.
[B] Stable electronic configuration
[C] Unstable nucleus
[D] Stable nucleus
Correct Answer: [C] Unstable nucleus
[B] Fusion, fission
[C] Fission, fusion
[D] Fusion, thermonuclear
Correct Answer: [B] Fusion, fission
Explanation: Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion are two types of nuclear reactions. Fission means to split and fusion means to combine. Therefore in fission reaction a heavy nucleus of atom is bombarded so that it splits and in fusion reaction two lighter nuclei are heated at high temperature so that they combine to form a heavy nucleus.
[B] Dioptre
[C] Lumen
[D] Candela
Correct Answer: [B] Dioptre
Explanation: Dioptre unit of refractive power which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length (in metres) of a given lens.
[B] Butyric Acid
[C] Lactic Acid
[D] Acetic Acid
Correct Answer: [C] Lactic Acid
[B] Release of more oxygen
[C] Release of carbon dioxide
[D] Release of carbon monoxide
Correct Answer: [C] Release of carbon dioxide
[B] Peter Tabichi
[C] Hanan Al Hroub
[D] Andria Zafirakou
Current Affairs March 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Peter Tabichi
[B] Badhai Ho
[C] Mulk
[D] Raazi
Current Affairs March 2019
Correct Answer: [D] Raazi
[B] London Industrial Park, London
[C] Dubai Industrial Park, Dubai
[D] Bengaluru Industrial Park, India
Current Affairs March 2019
Correct Answer: [C] Dubai Industrial Park,Dubai
19. Name the first Thari Hindu woman elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March 2019?
[B] Ayesha Rajab Ali
[C] Shahnaz Saleem Malik
[D] Musarat Rafique Mahesar
Current Affairs March 2019
Correct Answer: [A] Krishna Kumari Kohli
[B] Oslo, Norway
[C] Beijing, China
[D] Tokyo, Japan
Current Affairs March 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Oslo, Norway